The Directorate of Health has published seven-day reference menus in accordance with the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.

The Forestry Encouragement Award will be awarded for the third time on the International Day of Forests 21 March. The deadline for submitting nominations is 16 February.

On Tuesday 7 February, the Supreme Court visited Carrin F. Patman, the US Ambassador to Iceland, with his husband James V. Derrick.

Concerns are due to the increasing incidence of sexually transmitted infections — gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis in Europe in recent years, particularly among men who have sex with men, but also among other groups.

Boys born in 2008 and 2009 can receive the HPV vaccine free of charge at their health center. A successful vaccination campaign in upper secondary schools is well underway.

During the 2025–2026 school year, HPV vaccination will be offered free of charge to boys born in 2008–2010. Since autumn 2023, HPV vaccination at age 12 has been offered regardless of gender, and this campaign overlaps with vaccination of the third cohort of boys vaccinated alongside girls.

On 3rd of July, inspectors from the Directorate of Fisheries were conducting a routine inspection of salmon and trout fishing at sea when they noticed nets just off Garðssandur in Skagafjörður, west of Austari-Héraðsvötn.

At the meeting of the National Court Judge on 23 May 2024, Eiríkur Jónsson was elected Vice-President of the National Court from 1 September 2024 to 1 August 2027.

Anna Sigríður Pálsdóttir, a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry, has been appointed to a full-time position at the Psychiatric Ward of Akureyri Hospital (SAk).

All children welcome on Ash Wednesday.